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Comparison of plant composition under three levels of utilization in rangelands of Khabr national park and neighboring areas | ||
| تحقیقات مرتع و بیابان ایران | ||
| Article 5, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 2012, Pages 421-431 PDF (162.7 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.22092/ijrdr.2012.3079 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Najmeh Faryabi* 1; Mansour Mesdaghi2; Gholam ali Heshmati2; Nemat alah Madadi Zadeh1 | ||
| 1Ph.D. student in Range Management, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran | ||
| 2Professor, Department of Range management, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Gorgan, Golestan, Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Knowledge on floristic composition is one of the most important factors in management of rangeland utilization. Improper utilization of rangelands and lack of attention to the ecological potential of range habitats is the main reason for rangeland degradation. In this study, floristic composition and canopy cover of the species of reference area (exclosure), key area (with mid grazing) and critical area (with over grazing) were considered and three areas were compared together. Ranking of the canopy cover percentage was performed through Van-der-Maarel method and counting the number of the species was carried out using a systematic-random method. According to the obtained results, three relations were obtained as follows: Major biological forms: Therophyte> Hemicriptophyt> Chamophyte> Geophyte> Phanerophyte; Dominant growth form: Herb> shrub> grass> tree; Vegetation ranking based on canopy coverer: reference> key> critical area. In the critical area, due to over grazing and out of grazing season, canopy cover was strongly reduced and plant palatability decreased. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| systematic-random; Van-der-Maarel ranking; reference; key and critical | ||
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